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INDUSTRY & OCCUPATION

Not only has the makeup of the American workforce evolved over the past fifty years as more and more women have sought jobs outside the home, but work itself has changed as the service sector has grown and employment in manufacturing has declined.

Occupation by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,428,493 52.23% 1,306,432 47.77%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 415,494 15.19% 441,711 16.15%
Management, business, & financial operations: 204,898 7.49% 146,083 5.34%
Management, except farm managers 127,064 4.65% 75,600 2.76%
Farmers & farm managers 34,418 1.26% 8,746 0.32%
Business & financial operations: 43,416 1.59% 61,737 2.26%
Business operations specialists 21,774 0.80% 31,786 1.16%
Financial specialists 21,642 0.79% 29,951 1.10%
Professional & related occupations: 210,596 7.70% 295,628 10.81%
Computer & mathematical 34,663 1.27% 17,980 0.66%
Architecture & engineering: 46,184 1.69% 7,402 0.27%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 32,868 1.20% 3,834 0.14%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 13,316 0.49% 3,568 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 14,922 0.55% 9,832 0.36%
Community & social services 14,763 0.54% 23,165 0.85%
Legal 9,348 0.34% 8,748 0.32%
Education, training, & library 41,773 1.53% 108,947 3.98%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 21,016 0.77% 22,477 0.82%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 27,927 1.02% 97,077 3.55%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 22,893 0.84% 63,259 2.31%
Health technologists & technicians 5,034 0.18% 33,818 1.24%
Service occupations: 142,264 5.20% 241,355 8.82%
Healthcare support 5,052 0.18% 59,614 2.18%
Protective services: 31,433 1.15% 8,510 0.31%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 21,268 0.78% 3,784 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 10,165 0.37% 4,726 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 48,884 1.79% 86,386 3.16%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 45,405 1.66% 32,083 1.17%
Personal care & service 11,490 0.42% 54,762 2.00%
Sales & office occupations: 228,149 8.34% 462,211 16.90%
Sales & related occupations 135,821 4.97% 141,621 5.18%
Office & administrative support 92,328 3.38% 320,590 11.72%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 19,079 0.70% 6,646 0.24%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 228,667 8.36% 8,419 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 127,109 4.65% 3,835 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 13,363 0.49% 337 0.01%
Construction trades 112,856 4.13% 3,486 0.13%
Extraction 890 0.03% 12 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 101,558 3.71% 4,584 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 394,840 14.44% 146,090 5.34%
Production 243,726 8.91% 112,124 4.10%
Transportation & material moving: 151,114 5.53% 33,966 1.24%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 3,736 0.14% 787 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 1,928 0.07% 107 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 73,130 2.67% 8,472 0.31%
Rail, water & other transportation 5,482 0.20% 1,392 0.05%
Material moving 66,838 2.44% 23,208 0.85%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,428,493 52.23% 1,306,432 47.77%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 58,098 2.12% 17,320 0.63%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 56,503 2.07% 17,079 0.62%
Mining 1,595 0.06% 241 0.01%
Construction 145,395 5.32% 16,230 0.59%
Manufacturing 415,019 15.17% 191,826 7.01%
Wholesale trade 62,576 2.29% 25,403 0.93%
Retail trade 149,958 5.48% 167,923 6.14%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 92,197 3.37% 31,460 1.15%
Transportation & warehousing 75,680 2.77% 25,635 0.94%
Utilities 16,517 0.60% 5,825 0.21%
Information 29,387 1.07% 30,755 1.12%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 59,637 2.18% 108,423 3.96%
Finance & insurance 42,806 1.57% 92,147 3.37%
Real estate & rental & leasing 16,831 0.62% 16,276 0.60%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 92,979 3.40% 86,524 3.16%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 56,649 2.07% 53,402 1.95%
Management of companies & enterprises 627 0.02% 1,241 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 35,703 1.31% 31,881 1.17%
Educational, health & social services: 128,858 4.71% 419,253 15.33%
Educational services 74,639 2.73% 156,902 5.74%
Health care & social assistance 54,219 1.98% 262,351 9.59%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 86,751 3.17% 111,777 4.09%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 20,722 0.76% 19,647 0.72%
Accommodation & food services 66,029 2.41% 92,130 3.37%
Other services (except public administration) 55,879 2.04% 55,149 2.02%
Public administration 51,759 1.89% 44,389 1.62%

Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).

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